Posted on 10/03/2003 6:19:53 AM PDT by conservativecorner
I HAVE NEVER been enamored of Donovan McNabb.
I believe that Randall Cunningham was the greatest Eagles' quarterback and never received the recognition he deserved.
I am a regular listener of Rush Limbaugh's radio program.
Having said that, I do not concur with Limbaugh's now-famous comment that McNabb was the beneficiary of racial political correctness, which ended up costing him his gig with ESPN.
Limbaugh was wrong to say that the assessment of McNabb had been affected by the fact that "The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well."
But I also don't agree with the sportswriters and commentators who speciously and maliciously called Limbaugh a racist.
It's specious because they have no proof other than this remark - which is no proof at all. It's malicious because many of these same sportswriters hate Limbaugh's politics and - until his resignation - were envious of his assignment with ESPN.
To be sure, Limbaugh isn't the first to inject race into sports. Didn't Dusty Baker recently say that blacks play better in warm weather and whites in cold? And did ex-Eagle Mike Quick then call Baker a left-wing bigot like he called Rush Limbaugh a right-wing bigot? No, of course not.
Shannon Sharpe once said that Denver Broncos' receiver Ed McCaffrey would be paid more if he were black. Yet, there were no columnists proclaiming Sharpe was a racist, as there are proclaiming Limbaugh one.
During the 2002 Winter Olympics, there was a column in the San Francisco Chronicle that said the U.S. team was 95 percent white and not diverse enough. According to the column, "The USOC is aware of the lack of diversity... and is attempting to do something about it through its Community Olympic Development Program," U.S. Olympic exec Dwight Bell said.
"We clearly would love to see more diversity on the team," Bell said. "We've engaged our national governing bodies and our Community Olympic Development Program to get involved in winter sports in the inner city areas to recruit and develop athletes...
"Other than some athletes in bobsled, figure skating and speedskating, the rest of the U.S. Winter Olympic team members are as white as the snow surrounding them."
No, Limbaugh isn't the first to inject race into sports.
However, he is one of the few to be labeled a racist. Why? Because his comment is not mirror the politically correct perspective. It's about, indirectly, reverse racism and a challenge to affirmative action.
The reaction to Limbaugh was not unusual. Liberals like to call conservatives racist, sexist and homophobic.
What is unusual is for the media to note that liberals often do not abide by their own rules. During Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's confirmation hearings, GOP Sen. Orin Hatch asked her if a company located in a mostly minority area would be considered guilty of discrimination if it did not employ the same percentage of minorities as were in the general population.
Ginsburg replied that it would be. Hatch then informed Ginsburg that her staff was mostly white, although she was an employer in the mostly black city of Washington, D.C.
Ginsburg exemplifies liberal hypocrisy. The rules are meant for others, not them. It is perfectly fine for a white liberal judge to allege that a small-business owner is discriminating. But the judge can do the same thing without thinking twice.
Just as insensitive are the sportswriters who condemned Limbaugh, who numbers Clarence Thomas and Charles Barkley among his friends.
They should be more introspective. How many of these white sports journalists work with black sports journalists? Is the percentage of black sports journalists similar to the percentage of black professional athletes?
The next time you read a denunciation of Limbaugh, ask yourself if the sports media are the real racists. You know the answer. So do they.
That's hilarious! Does anyone know what Ginsburg's reaction to this was? Score one for the Senator from Utah!
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He said McNabb was over-rated. The rest of the comment was about the press.
Hey, thats funny! Sterling Sharpe's opinions tend to be rushed!
:-)
But it got me to thinking. Should her staff, and other staff in the federal government, "look like" America or "look like" Washington, DC?
I say it should consist of the best people for the job, no matter their "color". But I'm old-fashioned that way.
That's carrying the "decorum" of the Senate too far, IMO. If you wanted to debate someone--assuming you have no priviledged evidence no available to your debate partner--why would asking an obvious question be considered "blindsiding?"
What should've Hatch done--provided her with the question in advance, so she could side-step with a contrived answer?
Conservatives should never be "afraid" to win a debate. We should be tactful and good sports, but never afraid to win with a sound argument.
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